Louvre Floor Plan

Multiple entrances to the museum:

The best entrance for visitors with tickets is either "Passage Richelieu" located on the 93 rue de Rivoli or "Porte des Lions" on the opposite side of the Passage Richelieu" entrance. Both of them are rarely crowded. The main entrance at the pyramid is the one you should always avoid.

The louvre consists of three wings and four levels; from -1 to 2nd floor. Those three wings are called Richelieu, Denon and Sully.

Lower Ground Floor (level -1): There are seven sections on this floor; Arts of Islam, Sculptures, Egytian Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, History of the Louvre, The Medieval Louvre and Temporary exhibition halls.

Ground Floor (level 0): Sculptures, Oriental Antiquities, Egytian Antiquities, Greek; Etruscan and Roman Antiquities and Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

First Floor (level 1): Objets d'art, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek, Etrusican and Roman Antiquities, Paintings, Print and Drawings, Temporary exhibition halls.

Second Floor (level 2): French Paintings, Prints and French Drawlings, German, Flemish and Dutch Paintings, German, Flemish and Dutch, Belgian, Russian, Swiss and Scandinavian Paintings and Temporary exhihibition halls.

A minimum of three days is recommended for people who want to visit the Louvre thoroughly. You can have a self-guided tour with an audioguide available at the entrance of each wing. A guided walking tour can also be arranged at the museum. Some visitors are only interested in seeing Mona Lisa (La Gioconda). In that case, you can just head straight to the Denon wing on the 1st floor. For those who prefer the Egyptian section, they could start cracking on the Sully wing. How about impressionist paintings?? oh well, I have to appologize to those impressionist fans because the Louvre is everything BUT impressionist. You won't find painters like Van Gogh, Monet or Renoir etc in there. You'll have to visit Musée d'orsay or l'orangerie.